Non-refillable bottle.



No. 699,609. Patented May 6, I902.

J. ZANGEL.

NUN-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

(A uc'mon filed Jan, 15, 1902..

(No Model.)

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JOSEPH ZANGEL, OF BATTLECREEK, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM A. JACOBS AND GEORGE L. SLOAN, OF BATTLECREEK,

MICHIGAN.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,609, dated May 6, 1902.

Application filed January 13,1902. Serial No. 89,483. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH ZANGEL, a citizen of the United States, residing in Battlecreek, in the county of Calhoun and State of Michigan, have invented anew and Improved Non-Refillable Bottle, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved non refillable bottle which is simple and durable in construction and arranged to prevent unauthorized persons from refilling the bottle with spurious goods after the bottle has once been emptied of its original contents.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanyin g drawings, forming a part of this specifieation,in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the improvement, parts beiu g shown in elevation. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a like view of the same in a tilted position. Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line l 4 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a face view of the valve and parts connect-ed therewith.

In the neck A of the bottle A is fitted a valve-casing B, provided near its upper end with an external ring 0, preferably made of rubber and slightly inclined, as plainly indicated in Fig. 2, to fit an annular groove A formed on the inside of the neck of the bottle.

On the lower end of the casing 13 is held a depending bar D, formed with an opening D, adapted to engage a projection A formed on the inside of the neck A, the extreme lower end of the said bar D being turned up, as at D, to readily slide over the projection A when inserting the casing B into the neck of the bottle, the bar D finally engaging the projection A at the time the valve-casing B is in proper position and the ring 0 engages the annular recess A Now by the arrangement described the Valve-casingB is securely held against removal in the neck A of the bottle. 1

The bottom of the valve-casing is provided with a central valve-seat B, normally closed by a valve E, of rubber, leather, or a like flexible material, hinged to the top surface of the bottom, as plainly indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. On the top of the valve E is secured a reinforcing-plate E, preferably of sheet metal and somewhat larger than the valve E to insure hermetic closing of the valve to prevent leakage at the time the bottle is in an up right position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. A spring F, preferablyin the shape of a rubher band, is secured at the upper end of the valve E and its plate E, and the lower end of the said spring is attached to a yoke 13*, secured to the lower end of the casing B, the spring being under suflicient tension to securely hold the valve normally to its seat.

In order to open the valve E at the time the bottle istilted, I provide the following device: 0n the free end of the valve E and its plate E is secured one end of a rubber or elastic band G,carryin g a ball H ,of metal or other suitable material, and extending along the casing B, so that the ball normally rests on top of the plate E to assist in keeping the valve closed as long as the bottle is in an upright position. Now when the bottle is tilted then the ball I-l travels outward in the easing B, as plainly illustrated in Fig. 3, so that the ball, by the cord or band G, pulls on the valve E to swing the same open and to allow the contents of the bottle to pass from the neck through the open valve-seat B into the casing 13. The top B of the valve-casing is formed with openings B and the said top is formed with cut-out portions 13 at its periphcry to form spaces adjacent to the inner surface of the neck A, and these spaces are connected by apertures B with the interior of the casing B below the top 13 and above a false top B having a central opening B Now the liquor that passes into the casing B on tilting the bottle flows through the central opening B through the openings B and B into the outer end of the neck A, to finally pass into the glass to be filled.

As shown in the drawings, the top B is a distancefrom the outer end of the neck A, so

as to allow the insertion of a stopper I, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, and which stopper is removed by the dealer previous to using the bottle for selling the contents thereof in small quantities.

It is understood that when the bottle is turned to an upright position the ball H travels inwardly in the casing B, the spring F immediately shuts the valve E, and the ball H finally moves on top of the valve, so as to hold the same securely to its seat. Thus by the construction set forth the bottle cannot be refilled, as the only access to the interior of the bottle is by way of the valve E, and this is securely held closed by the spring F and ball H during the time the bottle is in an upright position. By having the top B and the false top B arranged in the mannerdescribed it is not possible to insert a wire or the like to open the valve E.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- V l. A non refillable bottle, comprising a valve-casing having a valve-seat, a flap-valve on the said casing to close and open the said seat, a weighted ball flexibly connected with the said valve and extending within the valvecasing, and a spring connected with the said valve for drawing thelatter to its seat, as set forth.

2. A non refillable bottle, comprising a valve casing having a valve seat and provided with a yoke, a flap-valve on the said casing to close and open the said seat, a weighted ball flexibly connected with the said valve and extending within the valve-casing, and a spring connected with the'said valve for drawing the latter to its seat, the said spring eX- tending downwardly through the valve-seat to connect with a yoke carried by the said casing, as set forth.

3. A non-refillable bottle, comprising a bottle having an annular recess in the neck thereto its seat adapted to open on tilting the botv tle, as set forth.

4. A non-refillable bottle, provided with a casin g having a valve-seat, a valve for the said valveseat and provided with a reinforce-plate, a spring for normally holding the valve closed, and a weighted ball having a flexible connection with the said valve to open the same on tilting the bottle, the said ball being adapted to rest on a reinforce-plate of the valve, as set forth.

5. A non-refillable bottle having a valvecasing containing a valve and provided'in its top with apertures near its periphery, the said casing having a false top provided with a central aperture, the wall of the casing being provided with cut-out portions in its periphery and between the said tops with apertures leading to the cut-out portions forming spaces between the upper end of the casing and the inner surface of the neck of the bottle, as set forth.

6. A non-refillable bottle having a springpressed valve in its neck, and a weight connected with the valve for opening the same when the bottle is tilted, as set forth.

7. In a non-refillable bottle, a casing held in the neck of the bottle and havinga valveseat in its lower portion and a circuitous outlet at its top, a spring-pressed valve on said valve-seat, and a spherical weight within the casing and flexibly connected with the valve, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH ZANGEL.

Fitnesses:

JOSEPH W. BRYCE, JOHN GAUss. 

